Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 20

St. Petersburg’s Hotel Astoria at night (right).
Planning a business or pleasure trip to the Baltics in the near future? You’re in luck. Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report has just come out with its recommendations of where to stay in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and, yes, Russia. Among the region’s best are the Hotel Astoria—which is a Sir Rocco Forte hotel— and the Taleon Imperial Hotel in St. Petersburg; the Three Sisters Hotel in Tallinn, Estonia; the Hotel Bergs in Riga, Latvia; and the Stikliai Hotel in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania.
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That's STIKLIAI hotel in Vilnius. Business travelers will find Novotel much more appealing.
The global market for luxury goods and services is estimated in the billions of dollars. Where should readers spend their money? Which products offer the best value? Which luxury companies are making the most profit? BusinessWeek’s Director of New Products and editor of its Lifestyle channel Charles Dubow takes you behind the gilded curtain.